DIRECTORY OF STATE AMUSEMENT RIDE SAFETY OFFICIALS August 2008 CONTACT VALERY V. CEASAR Senior Compliance Officer OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE AND FIELD OPERATIONS DIVISION OF RECALLS & COMPLIANCE U.S. CONSUMER PRODUCT SAFETY COMMISSION 4330 East West Highway, Room 610 Bethesda, MD 20814 ************************ (301) 504-7605 FAX (301) 504-0359 E-Mail:
[email protected] This document was prepared by CPSC Staff and has not been reviewed or approved by, and may not necessarily represent the views of the Commission. PREFACE The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (Commission) is an independent federal regulatory agency established by Congress in the Consumer Product Safety Act to protect the public against unreasonable risks of injury and death from consumer products. The Recalls & Compliance Division within the Office of Compliance is responsible for, among other things, identifying defects in consumer products which present substantial product hazards and developing recalls designed to remove such products from both consumers and the chain of distribution. The Commission has jurisdiction ONLY over mobile amusement rides, i.e. those rides transported from location to location. According to the best available information, currently, eight states do not have state administered inspection programs for mobile rides; and eight states and the District of Columbia do not have state administered inspection programs for fixed-site rides. While authority under each state's legislation differs, the main purpose is the prevention of ride incidents through the early identification of unsafe and defective rides. This Directory identifies the individual state offices dedicated to ride safety to encourage communication among the states and the federal government.